After receiving public enter and reviewing a site visitors evaluation, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Company voted to amend the Northeast Gateway undertaking at their December 12th assembly. The vote accepted a employees suggestion that can create a brand new two-lane roadway that can run by means of Welaunee Plantation.
The undertaking has been the main focus of quite a few discussions between authorities and group leaders because the kick-off assembly in March.
The employees offered a site visitors and price evaluation for 5 roadway corridors for the undertaking. The 5 corridors have been evaluated in opposition to the undertaking objective to enhance mobility, improve connectivity, and cut back transportation pressures on surrounding roadways throughout Northeast Tallahassee and Leon County.
Additionally, extra issues got to preliminary value, neighborhood site visitors evaluation, present and future land use, financial improvement expectations, new interstate entry, and public enter. For instance, collaboration with Killearn Properties Affiliation (KHA) resulted in consensus over the site visitors modeling inputs and outcomes.
Based mostly on the evaluation, the employees suggestion is the mixed extension of Welaunee Boulevard to Roberts Highway and Shamrock Road. The development value estimate for the undertaking is $42 million.
Employees famous that suggestion meets the next circumstances:
- Greatest meets the undertaking objective to relieve site visitors pressures on arterial roads from current, ongoing, and future improvement
- Greatest gives reduction to group collector roads in any respect examine years
- Maximizes financial profit of latest highway building and future land makes use of
- Greatest alternative for potential new interchange
- Greatest connectivity
- Maximized alternative for leveraging State funds for Welaunee Boulevard building
- Endorsed by KHA on two circumstances: full funding of the undertaking and that Roberts Highway open first
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